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7-9

to choke up

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

geng3 • gěng

Meaning


Primary

to choke up

Alternatives

choke up, chokes up, choking up, choked up

Mnemonic


[g-] Gandalf is in the [3] basement of the [-(e)ng] English manor, yawning as he dusts the old statues. A 更 tumbleweed rolls out from behind one and right into his open 口 mouth. Gandalf 哽 chokes up on its dry, scratchy branches.

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